Fumblefinger by Stan Hart A Life Out of Line

Hart's life is the story of an American coming of age in the era between the Great Depression and the late '60s. Included are vignettes of the famous and near-famous, including Ava Gardner, Burl Ives, Henry Ford, and Lillian Hellman.

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Afflicted with a severe stammer from childhood, which he finally eliminated through psychoanalysis at age 32, Hart feared and venerated his aloof father, a decorated WWI veteran and wealthy Connecticut heating-vent manufacturer, who mockingly called him a ""fumblefinger."" Hart's mother, stricken...